Folding washstand.



A. KIRALY.

FOLDING WAS HSTAND.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 19M.

1,172,804. Patented Feb. 22,1916.

2 A9 20 22 6 /9 l I I THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH .CO-. WKSHINGTON, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW KIBALY, F KINGSTON, NEW YORK.

FOLDING WASHSTANID.

Application filed June 10, 1914. Serial No. 844,262.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW KIRALY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kingston, in the county of Ulster, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Washstands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a folding wash stand.

An object of the invention is to provide a stand which will be of such construction as to be folded into a comparatively small package.

With this and other objects in view, such as will appear as the description progresses, my invention comprises the combination, and arrangement of parts as herein set forth and subsequently claimed.

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device in its operative position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the stand in its folded position. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar section of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the device in its opened position. Fig. 6 is a similar view in its folded position. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of Fig. Fig. 8 is a similar section of Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters wherein like parts are indicated by like characters throughout the several views, my device comprises four vertical posts, the rearmost posts being indicated by the reference character 1, and the forward posts being indicated by the reference characters 2 and 3. Between the rearmost posts 1 a back 4: is secured, which back is rigidly attached to the said post. The sides of the device each comprises a pair of panels 5 and 6, the panels 5 being rigidly secured to the posts 1, the foremost panel 6 being hinged. as at 7, to the forward edges of the panels 5. These panels 6 are securely fas tened to the forward posts 2 and 3. The front of the device comprises a pair of doors 8 and 9, the door 8 being of substantially twice the width of the door 9 and hinged, as at 10 to the posts 3 to swing outwardly. The door 9 is hinged to the post 2 to likewise swing outwardly, and the said doors are secured together -by a latch 11.

The bottom of the device comprises two Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

sections 12 and 13, the section 12 extending between the panels 5 of the sides and secured thereto and to the back 1. The forward section 13 is hinged, as at 14, to the section 12 and has lugs 15 on its upper face which are engaged by latches 16 carried by the panels 6 of the sides to maintain the section 13 in its operative position and to also hold the panels of the sides in their operative position.

The top of the stand comprises two sections 18 and 19, the section 19 being rigidly secured to the panels 5 of the sidesand to the rear post 1, and the section 18 being hinged, as at 20, to the section 19. Secured to the under face of this section 18 is a frame 21 in which a drawer 22 is slidably arranged and on the rearmost portion of this frame are pivoted a pair of latch members 23, the purpose of which will appear later. Pivotally secured by a screw 24, to the under face of the portion 25 of the frame 21 is a lever-26 which has a hook 27 on its forward end cotiperating with an eye 28 on the door 8 to maintain the door in its closed position. The rear end of this lever 26 engages with a clip 29 secured to the under face of a shelf 30 which is secured between the panels 5 of the sides and to the back 4. Secured to the rear post 1 is an upwardly extending frame 31 for the accommodation of a towel rack or mirror.

When the device is in its assembled position the panels 5 and 6 are in alinement with each other and the sections 12 and 13 of the bottom are also in alinement with each other and secured to the sides by the latches 16 which engage lugs 15 on the section 13 of the bottom.

The doors are in alinement with each other and held in such position by the lever 26 which carries the hook 27 cooperating with the eye 28 on the rear face of the door 8 and this lever is held in its operative po sition by the clip 29 on the shelf 30. The sections of the top lie in the same plane and the frame 21 carried by the section 18 extends beneath the said section and the drawer 22 is in its operative position in the said frame. The latch members 23 are located on the rear face of the frame 21 and extend in horizontal positions. Assuming that the device is in this position and it is desirable to fold the same the latches 16 are disengaged from the lugs 15 on the section 13 of the bottom and the said section is swung about its hinges lt so as to hang under the section 12. The hook member 27 is then disengaged from the eye 28 and the lever 26 swung about its pivot 24: to lie in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the back 4 and out of engagement with the clip; 29. The section 18 of the top is. then. swung about its pivot 20 so that its upper face will lie upon the upper face of the section 19. The swinging of this section 18 carries with it the frame-21 and the drawer 22 and the lever 26 which. is pivoted to the said frame. The latch 11 which holds the doors 8 and 9 together is then disengaged and the doors are then swung open into the planes of the sides. The section 6 of the side carrying the door 8 is then swung about its hinge as a pivot and the door 6 is swung with the same. The section 6 of the opposite side is then swung about its hinge as a pivot and with it the door 9, the parts assuming such positions as shown in Fig. 4. The latch members 23 are then swung about their pivots into vertical positions and ex tend downward and engage the forward edge of the section 19 of the top and the forward faces of the legs 2 and 3 to hold the drawer and frame in their folded positions. The device is then. in its completely folded position and produces a comparatively small 30 sides, a bottom, and a cover, each consisting of hingedly connected sections, each having a one of its sections rigidly connected with the back, doors hingedly connected with the hinged sections of the sides, lugs carried bythe hinged section of the bottom, pivotal latches carried by the sides for engaging .i

said lugs to hold the hinged bottom section. in its operative position, a shelf carried by the back, a drawer supporting frame carried by the hinged section of the cover, and a lever pivotally connected to the frame and having its ends detachably engaged with one of the doors and the shelf.

In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW KIRALY. Witnesses:

I LESTER A. BROOKLEY, CHRISTOPHER RIoKs.

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